Spelman: Thames Gateway "more important than ever"
Eric Pickles's successor as Tory shadow secretary for communities and local government, Caroline Spelman, says that the scheme is "more important than ever" in New Statesman article.
Thames Gateway home to wonder twins!
Congratulations to the nine-year-old 'wonder twins': two of the youngest pupils admitted to a UK secondary school. Paula and Peter Imafidon from Waltham Forest, are two years younger than most of their counterparts and broke records when they passed A/AS-level mathematics aged seven!
A year later they took and passed the University of Cambridge's Advanced Mathematics (FAM) paper, becoming the youngest students ever to pass the rigorous examinations.
Their father Chris Imafidon said: "We're delighted with the progress they have made."
He said the youngsters would be fine at secondary school, despite the age difference with their peers.
"Because they are twins they have each other so they are always able to help each other and support each other," he said. Peter has ambitions to one day become prime minister while his sister wants to be a maths teacher.
Mr Imafidon said he was confident they would achieve their goals as they were both encouraged by each other. He added: "You can never rule anything out with them, the competition between the two of them makes them excel in anything they do." The twins take part in the privately funded Excellence in Education programme for inner-city children.
London Assembly states Londoners unfairly burdened by Crossrail costs
Londoners have been "unfairly burdened" with the costs of the planned Crossrail east-west rail link, according to a report published by the London Assembly.
Thames Gateway Youth Football Project awarded grants to support sports clubs
TGLP is pleased to announce that our Youth Football Project (YFP) has just been awarded £20,000 to support two sports clubs in the London Thames Gateway, in Redbridge and Waltham Forest.